Blitz Games Studios are very proud to announce that their CEO
and co-founder Philip Oliver was presented with the ‘Person
of the Year’ award at the inaugural TIGA Games Industry
Awards ceremony on 1
st November. The TIGA awards are designed to celebrate
and honour the best games in the industry over the last 12 months
and also to highlight best practice and reward those in the
industry contributing to its long-term innovation. Unlike the games
awards which are voted upon after a shortlist is chosen by a galaxy
of developers, publishers and journalists, this award was judged by
a panel of industry peers.

Philip and his twin brother Andrew (the Oliver Twins) co-founded
Blitz Games Studios in 1990 after creating a raft of hugely popular
games during the 1980s, including the evergreen Dizzy series. Blitz
is now one of the largest independent UK studios with a 220 strong
workforce and a string of successful games including last
year’s Puss In Boots. The diversity of their output stretches
from their first mobile title to be exclusively designed for iOS,
the recently-released Apple-featured Kumo Lumo published by
Chillingo which achieved over a million downloads in its first
fortnight, to the soon-to-be-released Disney Interactive game,
co-developed with Junction Point, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of
Two.

“I was deeply honoured to be given this award,” said
Philip. “At Blitz we have always tried to create great games,
great entertainment, and I would like to acknowledge the help and
support of my brother Andrew and also of the immense talent, hard
work and dedication of all those working for Blitz. We’ve
also always tried to make a real contribution to this industry,
which is one of the reasons Andrew and I helped to set up TIGA in
2001. Now in 2012 the games industry is recognised as a major
success story in the UK and I hope to see it go on to even greater
success.” He added “It is humbling but very satisfying
to be recognised by your peers.”

Blitz Games Studios (
www.BlitzGamesStudios.com) is a highly respected,
award-winning independent games developer founded in 1990 by
industry veterans Philip & Andrew Oliver. Based in the UK (in
Leamington Spa), it now employs over 220 dedicated and talented
staff, and maintains a diverse portfolio that showcases its
industry-leading, licensable development technology BlitzTech.
Recent releases include the studio’s first exclusive iOS
title Kumo Lumo (published by Chillingo), the upcoming
Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Disney
Interactive), and last year’s Puss In Boots: The Video Game
(THQ/Dreamworks) and SpongeBob Squarepants Surf & Skate
Roadtrip (THQ/Nickelodeon).

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